Sugarglider

It turns out that Sugargliders have quite complex markings that vary significantly between individuals. So this toy isn’t completely accurate. It is also significantly larger than a real sugarglider, and therefore an excellent hugging size.

Round 5: crochet all the fingers together (so start with two stitches on one finger, then two stitches on next etc until you do four stitches on the last finger and start to do two stitches on the other side of each of the fingers until you reach the start of the round again)

Rounds 6 – 7: decrease around

Rounds 8 – 9: sc around

Fasten off

Tail

Round 1: with black wool, 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in each sc (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc in each sc (12 stitches)

Round 4: sc, increase – repeat (18 stitches)

Rounds 5 – 9: sc in each sc (18 stitches)

Round 10: 2 sc, increase – repeat (24 stitches)

Rounds 11 – 13: sc in each sc (24 stitches)

Round 14: 3 sc, increase – repeat (30 stitches)

Rounds 15 – 18: sc in each sc (30 stitches)

Mark this stitch and a stitch 15 stitches distant – from here on sc grey on one side and white on the other

Sew the inside and outside of the ears together. Sew the ears and eyes to the head. Embroider a mouth if you like. Sew the back and body together. Stuff the body and then sew on the hands and feet. Stuff the tail and sew it to the body. Sew on the head. Sew the stripe onto the headand back. Give your new sugarglider a cuddle 🙂